American Hunter Dies After Fight With Lion on Safari
W H Herren an American hunter on a Tanganyika safari near Nairobi was fatally wounded in a hand to hand fight with a wounded lion. Gunbearer seized the animal, dragged it away, and Herren died days later en route to Mwanza hospital. Partner Gus Peret filmed the scene and then helped subdue the lion. Herren had fired at the lion after assuming it was dead.
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Nairobi
Kenya
East Africa
Tanganyika
Herren
Aberdeen
Wash
Gus Peret
Portland
Oregon
Peret
Gus
Mwanza Hospital
Retaining Kickoff Opposes Abolition in Football
Dr. F C Al Ten of the University of Kansas urges keeping the kickoff, but calls for banning the flying wedge used to run back kickoffs. He notes the tactic was ruled out from scrimmage long ago yet appears in play. the kickoff remains essential and thrilling, unlike proposals to remove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. al- Ten
University of Kansas
Sheridan
Yale Army
Dr. Allen
Banks Pay Less Than Share of Taxes
Governor Harry H. Woodring told north central Kansas bankers that banks pay a far smaller share of taxes than other sectors. He compared current assessments unfavorably with merchandise tariffs and urged a constitutional fix to tax wealth on a uniform basis with other institutions. He noted support for a special legislative session to advance this reform.
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Concordia
Kan
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
Fedi! Bose
Train Off the Rails in Wister Okla Injures Three
Westbound Memphis California special on Rock Island derailed near Wister Oklahoma after an apparent switch fault. Engineer C W Coulter suffered a broken left leg, fireman Charles Kennedy was cut and bruised, and Ed Brennan of Fanshawe Oklahoma bruised. Rail officials said two coaches a baggage car the engine and the sleeper section derailed but none overturned.
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Wister
Oklo
Rock Island
C. W. Coulter
Charles Kennedy
Ed Brennan
Fanshawe
Okla
Bruis Coulter
Kennedy
Shaw|ee
Lawrence Notes and Local Trivia Spark Mild Uproar
A Lawrence resident buys ice cream then seeks a refund over flavor. Vocational agricultural students on a Lawrence high tour dodge trials. A tire blows north of Lone Star. a pump search and gas shortage delay travel. Lawrence teachers join three education groups at 100 percent. Musings on exiles, writers, beards, sirens, and ex-service gas masks frame a day in town.
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Vocational Agricultural
Lawrence High School
Lone Star
Lawrence
Lawrence Teachers Council
Kansas State Teachers' Association
National Education Association
Deaths and Funerals Henry Wilson 81
Henry Wilson aged 81 died last night at his home on 786 Ash street. Funeral services will be announced later.
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Henry Wilson
Ash’ S Street
Ford Restores 6 Dollar Minimum Wage at Ford Plant
Detroit Oct 30 AP The Ford Motor Co returned to an 86 a day minimum wage, abandoning the $7 emergency rate tied to a $35 million contribution to betterment of conditions. The company said wages remain the highest in the auto industry and proportional increases were given to all employees during the 22 months the $7 rate was in effect.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Henry Ford
Hoover
Wall Street
York
Ieee
Ber Vinesa
National
Union Pacific
U.S. Stel
American Telephone
American Can
Bethighem Steel
Howeery
England
Ons
Leashie
Hla
Conser
South America
Ching Anu
India
Armilac
Mercantile Reviews
Tetall
Mrs Judd to Arizona extradition in murder case
Mrs Winnifred Ruth Judd travels toward Phoenix after surrendering to extradition for the killings of Hedvig Samuelson and Agnes LeRoi. Advised by attorney Paul Schenck, she abandons further fight and confesses to killing roommates and sending their bodies to Los Angeles. Dr William C Judd accompanies the caravan.
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Los Angeles
Winnmiie Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Arizona
Hedvig Samuelson
Agnes LeRoi
Paul Schenck
Judd
Dog thieves sentenced after wholesale thefts in Kansas
AP report notes Hobart Farrell Eddie Farrell and Stanley Smith each drew sixty days in jail after pleading guilty to petty larceny linked to stealing dogs in Kansas City area markets. They planned to sell canines to a serum research lab.
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Olathe
Hobart Farrell
Eddie
Stanley Smith
Kansas Gate
Kellogg Company Sees Record Year and More Jobs
Kellogg in Battle Creek reports its strongest year in history as six hour workdays boost productivity and employment by 20 percent. Wages rose about 12.5 percent with a four dollar minimum, four shifts replacing three, and expanded plant projects to meet civic needs and demand. Founder W K Kellogg praises newspapers as key to rapid, mobile advertising guiding the company's response to changing conditions.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg Company
Adven
Times
W. K. Kellorg
Sid
Scammon Man Acquitted in Wife Murder Charge
Walter Batten of Scammon was acquitted in district court today of murdering his wife Kathryn Batten on August 25. After eighteen hours of deliberation, the jury returned its verdict at 1 a.m. The defense argued suicide, noting Mrs Batten told friends she had shot herself. she died eighteen hours after the wounds.
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Columbus
Kan
Walter Batten
Scammmam
Kathryn Batten
Crown Drug Store Remodelled With Sales Event
The Crown Drug Store at Figinn and Massachusetts completed remodeling and enlargement. The room was extended twenty feet with new fixtures and redecorated. Sixteen booths added in the rear, wicker fountain stools installed, and a free cosmetic package coupon offered in today's ad. J W Rybuorn and Lee Leger oversaw the changes.
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Crown Drug
Figinn
Massachusetts
Crown
J. W. Rybuorn
Lee Leger
NO MEETING NEXT WEEK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE POSTPONED
The Chamber of Commerce will not hold a meeting next Tuesday. Instead the session will take place on the Tuesday of the following week due to the teachers convention and state corn husking contest.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Robbery At Milwaukee Drug Store Ends In Fatal Shooting
An unidentified holdup man was shot to death and a second robber likely mortally wounded when Andrew Toth owner of a north side Milwaukee drug store opened fire during a daytime hold up on October 30.
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Milwaukee
Andrew Toth
North Side
Film Shows Senior High Students at Their Work
A moving picture titled Future Farmers in Action, produced by Law rence high school's rotational agriculture department, will screen in room 7 next Tuesday at 7 30 PM. W R Essick and students filmed two years of farm and classroom activities, with a 1188 foot 45 minute film praised by authorities. A duplicate will be shared with the state vocational agriculture department for circulation to high schools statewide.
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Farmers In Action
Agriculture Department
Lawrence High School
W. R. Essick
Nin
State Department For Vocational Agriculture
Buy Furnishings for New Baldwin Church
Baldwin on October 30 contracts for furnishing the new Methodist Church were awarded by a special committee. McAfee Furniture of Garnell will supply pews and American Seating Company of Grand Rapids Michigan was chosen for chancel furnishings. organ contract to be awarded later. committee members listed.
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Cspevict
Baldwin
New Methodist Church
McAfee Furniture Company
Garnell
American
W. A. Keve
W. M. Clark
I. A, Evans
A. E, ‘Tunin
Professor Glass to Visit Local Schools in Winter Park
Rollins College professor John M. Glass will visit the Junior and Senior high schools next Wednesday to inspect class work clubs and activities. A lunch conference with C F E Birch H L Baker and M I Hyde follows, then a 5 48 pm banquet for teachers where Glass will share impressions and progress suggestions. He will speak at the Kansas teachers convention next week and previously inspected Lawrence schools in 1928.
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John M. Glass
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
C. F E. Birch
H. L. Baker
M. I. Hyde
Prof Glass
Kansas
Lawrence
W. W. Curfman
Degrees awarded at KU fine arts school
Thirteen students were recommended to the Chancellor and board of regents for degrees in the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts. Degrees conferred included Bachelor of Music for Llewellyn Sydney Chiwid, Sister Mary Felix Herbert, and Gertrude Laura Williamson. Bachelor of Music Education for Gertrude Virginian Casto, Juanita Florence DeVeau, Irene Anne Oliver, Dorothy Lee Repass, Ethel Elizabeth Ruppenthal, Elizabeth Jane Shaw, Eldred Vivian Shaw, Lida Pickett Warrick, and Beulah Turetta Woodruff. and Bachelor of Fine Arts for Julia Aninette Keeler.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Board of Regents
Llewellyn Sydney Chiwid
Mary Felix Herbert
Gertrude Laura Williamson
Gertrude Virginian Casto
Juanita Florence DeVeau
Irene Anne Oliver
Dorothy Lee Repass
Ethel Elizabeth Ruppenthal
Elizabeth Jane Shaw
Eldred Vivian
Shaw
Lida Pickett
Warrick and
Beulah Turetta Woodruff
Julia Aninette Keeler
Ingalls Daughter Engaged to Parisian Johnson
Atchison Kan October 30 AP Mr and Mrs Sheffield Ingalls announce the engagement of their third daughter Anna Lou isa Chesebrough to John Prentise Loomis Johnson of Paris France. The wedding will be in December. Miss Ingalls is a granddaughter of the late Senator John J Ingalls of Kansas and studied at Alliance Francais and the University of Paris. Johnson is son of Loomis C Johnson a former Frisco railroad attorney in St Louis and has lived in Paris seven years.
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Atchison, Kan
Sheffield Ingalls
Anna Louisa Chesebrough
John Prentise Loomis Johnson
Paris
France
Ingalls
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Alliance Francais
University of Paris
Ohnson
Loomis C. Johnson
Frank Dirch
Kansas City
Will Dirch
Oskaloosa
Verl Self
F. M. Walters
E. B. Davison
Wellman School
Eleanor Hannal
Duree
Perry
Mary Kircum
Tonganoxie
Walter Turner
Henry Ridgway Place
John Wilkins
Phillips Petroleum shows quarterly profit slump and nine months loss
Phillips Petroleum Co reports net profit of 263,900 for the quarter ended September 30, down from 3,020,369 a year ago. For the first nine months the company archives a net loss of 2,410,253 against 7,664,768 in the prior period, with Frank Phillips citing improving condition, low prices, and a reduction in bank loans and bonded debt.
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New York
Phillips Petroleum Co
Frank Phillips
Oil output sinks to five year low in September
U S crude production fell to the lowest daily average in over five years in September with 2,121,000 barrels per day and a total of 63,636,000 barrels. The decline from August was 86,000 barrels daily and 253,000 from a year earlier, driven chiefly by the shutdown of the east Texas field.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Mines
East Texas
Bureau
Phi Lambda Theta pledges announced in Frazer Hall
Socheiy Phi Lambda Theta honorary education fraternity pledges Margaret E. Roberts Ursula Henley Lawrence Katherine Schellenberg Hillsboro Mary E. Hreamer Beloit Marian B. Nelson Hutchinson Ethel Hornbuckle Paola Margaret Benfield Waterville Bernice Clare Snyder Alice Fontron Hutchinson Boydie Rich Lyndon Margaret Bolton Ramona initiation and a 7 PM Founders day banquet at the Colonial tea room. later Halloween parties noted at Baptist church Cordley school and Joy class of the Christian church with games, pumpkin pie and coffee.
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Phi Lambda Theta
Margaret E. Roberts
Ursula Henley
Lawrence
Katherine Schellenberg
Hillsboro
Mary E. Hreamer
Beloit
Marian B. Nelson
Hutchinson
Ethel Hornbuckle
Personal notes on locals visit relatives and travel
Mrs. Cecil Munger returns to Belleville after ten days with her parents Mr and Mrs F W Hosford while Mr Munger hunted in northern Nebraska. Miss Louise Thorne plans a Spring Hill weekend visit with guests Miss Inez Gall Miss Marie Wachter and Miss Esther Cornelius from the Women's Pan Hellenic association head to St Louis for the National Pan Hellenic convention this weekend.
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Cecil Munger
Belleville
F.W. Hosford
Munger
Nebraska
Louise Thorne
Spring Hill
Inez Gall
Marie Wachter
Esther Cornelius
Women’s Pan-Hellenic Association
St. Louis
Petitions Seek Special Session to Cut State Costs
The Taxpayers Educational League circulates petitions urging Gov. Harry H. Woodring to call a special Kansas legislature session by December 1 to trim public expenses and provide relief measures. The effort follows an October 14 capitol meeting and is accompanied by a letter from Jonathan M. Davis, former governor and league leader. Governor Woodring declined to comment.
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Topeka
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
Taxpayers Educational League
II Payers
Capitol
Jonathan M. Davis
Tthe
League
Woodring
Emergency plan suggested for Speaker deadlock
Washington AP reports Representative Treadway proposes William Page of Maryland as temporary speaker if a deadlock arises to push the debt moratorium before December 15. Plan divides committee seats equally and postpones speaker selection until urgent issues are resolved. Philip Ernst undergoes knee operation at Memorial Hospital after injuries from an October 17 auto crash. Ohio has 39,582 surfaced miles of local roads, ranking second nationwide.
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Washington
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
William ‘Ryler Page
Maryland
House
Philip Ernst
Indiana Street
Memorial Hospital
Woodstock Neighborhood Circle Hosts and Social Plans
The Woodstock Neighborhood Circle met at Mrs. E. B. Davison’s with Miss Audrey Davison for a basket and paper flower demo. They planned comfort for the Shoe Maker family and a Layton party with upcoming meetings, bazaars, and Halloween events as residents assist neighbors and attend local games and services.
Farmer Charles Boydston Arrested in Assault Case Near Lecompton
Charles Boydston a farmer near Lecompton was arrested on charges of assault with intent to kill Joe Logan in a dispute over cattle feeding. The October 9 incident ended when Boydston reportedly struck Logan with a rock. Logan says he missed a heifer and refused to pay for pasture until resolved. Logan was not seriously harmed and Boydston faces arraignment before Justice J. H. Mitchell. Corine Mosley filed for divorce from Frank Mosley in district court citing neglect of duty.
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Charles Boydston
Lecompton
Joe Logan
Boydston
Logan
Boylston
J. H. Mitchell
Local notes from McLouth area residents and events
The column lists visits and gatherings of area families including Mrs. Ferro, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Means, Mrs. Dan Petrie, and others from near Leavenworth and McLouth. It notes social calls, a walnut gathering, a miscellaneous shower for Ray Shoemaker’s family, a box social at Round Grove, and church services with scripture readings and temperance Sunday remarks. Also included are stock market quotes and a brief United States government bond update.
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Ferro
Leavenworth
Charley| Means
NeSouth
Dan Petrie
Mr. Petrie
John Stuedle
Emma Ridgway
Harry Wellman
Margaret
Joe Boid
Thomas
Boid
Harry Wenderiff
Tonganoxie
Wendoriff
E. B. Davison
Robert Davis
Verna Davison
Valley Grove
Gertrude Davison
Lawrence
Bryan Wilson
Sam Petrie
D. A. Wellman
F. S. Champion
George Tarr
McLouth
Bradford
Ray Shoemaker
Round Grove Showl House
Bryan McGive
McGive
Lottie Eggert
California
Herman Eggert
Zook
Haworth
Temple of God
H. B. Ice
Sadie Eltis
James
Standwood
John Black
Wheat Markets Rally Amid Drought Signals and Government Sales
Wheat futures surged to new highs as cash and seaboard buyers drained the pit. Government entities sold futures to exporters while drought notes from Argentina and the American Plains bolstered prices. Corn showed relative strength with a tight supply outlook. official crop projections diverged from private estimates.
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Chicago
Seaboard
Drouth
Argentina
Doile Sinter
Regsin
Patond
Bovine
Russia
Winnipeg
United States
Missouri River
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Oklahoma
Eebsquary
Lee Spann
Trimble
Lee
Ohio Wesleyan University
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Uapathy
Lillian Culver Leonard Booth
Mary, Betty and
Chas. Thomas
A Isdy
Ford Company
Mrs. Judd
Southwest
Dallas
Texas
University of Texas
Southern Methodist
Trinity Episcopal Church
Charles A. Weed
Joplin
Boy Orator
eAole Henri R. MM. van Hoof
Frank W Ballou
Holland
Kellogg
Murcer
New Baldwin Church
Atchison
Phillips Petroleum Company
Socheiy
The
Baptist Sunday School
Hallowe'en
Helen Harshberger
Alice Davi
A. A. van Sickle
Addie Hird
C. V. Leigh
Virginia Veter
Andrew Jackson
H. W. Keene
W. A. Churchill
Cordley School
Christian Church
Jonathan Davis
Ohio
Woodstock
Neighborhood Circle Club
Will Harding
South
MeLouth
Floyd Petrie
Wilson
Harries
Herman Meyert
J. F. Harries
Pawnee City
Neb
H. JE. Harries
Glen
Omaha
Standwood Parsonage
van Nowak
van Ftta Nowak
Jim Holiday
Cheser
Associated Press
Philip D'Andrea
Scarface al" Capone
Capone
William Kraft
Kraft Bank
Menomonie
Wis
James Kraft
William
Corine Mosley
Frank Mosley
Mosleys
Government Bonds
Honda
Liberty
Treasury
May
Haytereinis
Enra
Alimira
Kellogg’s All-Bran
Tron
Ise
Leese SR
Boone
Rumsey ' Funeral Home
Reuter
Indiana
Wasional Bank
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